Afghanistan, Feb. 2 -- Prominent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged President Donald Trump to pursue regime change in Iran rather than negotiate with Tehran, stating "real peace in the Middle East begins when Iran's regime falls."
Graham called on Trump to fulfill his promise to support Iranian protesters during an interview with Fox News, drawing parallels to policies of former presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
US policy toward Iran has oscillated between diplomatic engagement and confrontation for decades, with the 2015 nuclear agreement representing a high point of negotiation before Trump's first-term withdrawal. Regime change advocacy has deep roots among conservative Republicans and neoconservatives who argue the Islam...